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OPENING NIGHT: JOSHUA BELL THE SPY WHO LOVED ME WITH SHEENA EASTON ORGAN SPECTACULAR
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MESSAGE FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR Welcome to another season of your Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra! Every year, we push ourselves to program the best concert experiences we can, and we are starting this season with two blockbusters – Beethoven’s 7th, and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with non-other than Joshua Bell. To have this international star with the WSO in a special opening night gala is thrilling and a splendid way to open our season. From there, we open the Air Canada Pops series with the best of spy music from the realms of film, television, pop, and even Broadway, with pop idol Sheena Easton, who is a true bond girl. Then, we move into our fall festival – Music of the Impressionists. When I go to a museum, I am always drawn to the impressionist wing. I want to see Monet, Seurat, Van Gogh; the most beautiful and the most expensive these days. I wanted to recreate this in the musical world and create a festival where we perform impressionist musical paintings. I’m so looking forward to rehearsing with the orchestra in La mer to bring out all those musical colours, reflections of light and shadow that require a very different playing technique by the musicians compared to Beethoven, and Wagner later in the season. Then with Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, we’ve created this completely contemporary version with images and video. It’s really 21st century creativity. Throughout the festival we will have talks, food, wine, mini-concerts and many ways to get into the music. Here’s to another wonderful year of live music. Auf Wiedersehen,
Alexander Mickelthwate Music Director
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CONDUCTORS Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director German conductor Alexander Mickelthwate is renowned for his “splendid, richly idiomatic readings” (LA Weekly),“fearless” approach and “first-rate technique” (Los Angeles Times). Critics have noted Alexander’s extraordinary command over the Austro-Germanic repertoire, commenting on the “passion, profundity, emotional intensity, subtlety and degree of perfection achieved” in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 as “miraculous” (Anton Kuerti, 2011).
Following on from his tenure as Assistant Conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, which he completed in 2004, Alexander Mickelthwate was Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for three years, under the direction of Essa-Pekka Salonen. Now in his tenth season as Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander has significantly developed the orchestra’s profile through active community engagement and innovative programming initiatives like the annual Winnipeg New Music Festival and the Indigenous Music Festival. Chosen to perform at the Carnegie Hall Spring For Music Festival in New York, May 2014, due to “creative and innovative programming” (CBC Manitoba Scene), the orchestra was the only Canadian ensemble in the showcase. As well as significantly contributing to the Winnipeg New Music Festival and Indigenous Festival, Alexander led the orchestra’s first out of province tour since 1979 to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, launched the international conducting masterclasses, the New Music Festival 2012 film project and played a major part in the acoustic overhaul of the Centennial Concert Hall. Photographer: Grajewski Fotograph Inc.
Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor Julian Pellicano’s boundless musical appetite makes him a formidable interpreter of the symphonic repertoire as well as a versatile conductor in a wide range of genres. He is currently the Resident Conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Artist in Residence at the Norfolk Chamber Music festival, and Music Director of the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra. Pellicano has built his career by following an unconventional path.The creation, with Dr. Paul Lehrman, of a new performance edition of George Antheil's Ballet Mecanique first brought Pellicano to the public’s attention. From 2009 to 2013 he served as Music Director of the Longy School of Music Conservatory Orchestra where he established a rigorous and distinctive new orchestral program. Pellicano has conducted the Orquestra Sinfonica de Porto Alegre (Brazil), Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, New Britain Symphony,The Kallisti Ensemble, Boston’s Dinosaur Annex Ensemble and Milwaukee's Present Music. He has worked in masterclasses with Kurt Masur, Peter Eötvös, Zsolt Nagy, Martyn Brabbins, and Carl St. Clair. As a young musician he played drums, percussion, organ, and accordion in rock, blues and jazz groups. An autodidact, he was accepted to the Peabody Conservatory as a percussionist without typical classical training. He also holds degrees from the Royal College of Music (Stockholm), and the Yale School of Music where he was awarded the 2008 Presser Music Award and the Philip F. Nelson Award. He premiered Martin Bresnick’s critically acclaimed opera My Friend's Story at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas and has conducted at Carnegie Hall with the Yale Philharmonia Orchestra. Photographer: Nardella Photography Inc. 4
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WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2016-2017 SEASON MUSIC DIRECTOR Alexander Mickelthwate RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Julian Pellicano COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE Harry Stafylakis
CELLOS Yuri Hooker, Principal Leana Rutt, Assistant Principal Alex Adaman Arlene Dahl Carolyn Nagelberg Emma Quackenbush Sean Taubner
FIRST VIOLINS Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster
BASSES Meredith Johnson, Principal The Sophie-Carmen EckhardtAndrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed Travis Harrison by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation Paul Nagelberg Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster Bruce Okrainec Daniel Perry Chris Anstey Mona Coarda Rodica Jeffrey Hong Tian Jia Meredith McCallum Jane Pulford Julie Savard Jun Shao SECOND VIOLINS Jeremy Buzash, Principal Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal Karen Bauch Kristina Bauch **Teodora Dimova *Elizabeth Dyer Bokyung Hwang Takayo Noguchi Claudine St-Arnauld Susan McCallum VIOLAS Daniel Scholz, Principal Anne Elise Lavallée, Assistant Principal Laszlo Baroczi Margaret Carey Richard Bauch Greg Hay *Merrily Peters Mike Scholz
FLUTES Jan Kocman, Principal Martha Durkin PICCOLO Martha Durkin OBOES Beverly Wang, Principal Robin MacMillan ENGLISH HORN Robin MacMillan, Principal
TRUMPETS Isaac Pulford, Acting Principal Paul Jeffrey Brian Sykora The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair
TROMBONES Steven Dyer, Principal Keith Dyrda BASS TROMBONE Julia McIntyre, Principal TUBA Chris Lee, Principal TIMPANI Mike Kemp, Principal PERCUSSION Frederick Liessens, Principal HARP Richard Turner, Principal Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Chris Lee PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Raymond Chrunyk
CLARINETS Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Michelle Goddard
ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Laura MacDougall
BASSOONS Alex Eastley, Principal Kathryn Brooks
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Joshua Bell Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
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Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
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La Péri
Mälzel further tempted Beethoven with the prospects of some repeat concerts for profit, which Beethoven liked in view of his yet-to-be-performed Symphony in A major composed the previous year.
Paul Dukas b. Paris / October 1, 1865 d. Paris / May 17, 1935 Composed: 1911 First performance: April 22, 1912 (Paris) Last WSO performance: 2006; Rei Hotoda, conductor.
The evening was grandiose and successful.The orchestra consisted of high-profile musicians of the day: Spohr, Meyerbeer, Hummel and Salieri, among others, who lent their performing talents for the occasion with Beethoven conducting in his typically dramatic style.
PROGRAM NOTES by James Manishen
A respected teacher, composer and critic who lived his entire life in Paris, Paul Dukas was also rigidly self-critical, destroying all his unpublished work and leaving a small legacy of music comprising three overtures, a symphony, an opera Ariane et Barbe-Bleu, a ballet La Péri, some chamber music and his signature work The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, which established his international reputation. La Péri was commissioned and premiered by Natacha Trouhanova at her gala Paris performance on April 22, 1912.The story is about an aging Persian nobleman who seeks the Flower of Immortality held by a sleeping “Péri,”a princess who holds in her hand its power.The Persian plucks the flower but is returned to the darkness of mortality once done, the entire story told in luxurious music Dukas’s powers of orchestration further illuminates.The stirring fanfare for brass precedes the ballet and was added for the Trouhanova premiere performance.
Symphony No. 7 in A major Ludwig van Beethoven b. Bonn / December 17, 1770 d.Vienna / March 26, 1827 Composed: 1811-12 First performance: 1813 (Vienna) Last WSO performance: 2012; Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
flee Moscow to recuperate at Modeste’s home in St. Petersburg. Over a few months the composer settled down and was able to work on his Fourth Symphony as well as the opera Eugene Onégin.
Modeste felt a further change of scenery would also help his brother to settle down, so the two set out for Clarens on Lake Geneva in Switzerland.There the composer heard a performance of Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole and became In his own customarily grandiose style, entranced with the possibility of Richard Wagner perhaps best summarized writing a similarly appealing violin what Beethoven’s magnificent Seventh concerto, almost immediately putting Symphony is all about – “the apotheosis of pen to paper. Joseph Kotek, a former the dance in its highest aspect.” Moscow Conservatory student of Tchaikovsky’s, was visiting Clarens Indeed, Beethoven pushed the limits of and played the sketches as they were his time as he expanded his symphonic completed.Tchaikovsky finished the realm, stretching key relationships to new entire work in just one month. levels of dramatic effect, heightening his orchestral colours and above all exploring By the end of April, the composer rhythm as the music’s driving force. sent the manuscript to his friend Leopold Auer who headed the violin Though the Napoleonic wars were department at the St. Petersburg raging across Europe, and one can Conservatory. Auer promptly sent it project from this the second movement’s back, not only claiming it unplayable tone of grief, overall the work has but spreading the word among his Beethoven’s unmistakable stamp of colleagues. It took three years before optimism.The Seventh also provided the damage had been repaired. In the him with notable financial success. interim, Adolf Brodsky, a former Moscow Conservatory colleague of “I am Bacchus incarnate,”Beethoven Tchaikovsky’s, studied the Concerto boasted,“ appointed to give humanity and in 1881 Brodsky felt secure wine to drown its sorrow.” enough to perform it with the Vienna Hearing this stirring symphonic journey, Philharmonic.Whether the result of one would be hard pressed to argue. the single spotty rehearsal or the orchestra’s perceived dislike for the piece, the audience hissed at the Violin Concerto premiere, as did the influential critic Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Eduard Hanslick, who proclaimed it b.Votkinsk, Russia / May 7, 1840 d. St. Petersburg, Russia / November 6, 1893 “stinking music.” Composed: 1878 But Brodsky persevered and played it First performance: December 4, 1881 throughout Europe. Audiences (Vienna), conducted by Hans Richter gradually came onside. Even Auer with Adolf Brodsky as soloist took on the Concerto, teaching it to Last WSO performance: 2011; his students Heifetz, Elman and Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor with others, whose recordings we can James Ehnes as soloist enjoy today.
The premiere of Beethoven’s Seventh Tchaikovsky was in a Symphony came about dire emotional state on the request of during the summer of Beethoven’s friend 1877. A disastrous Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, marriage lasting less the inventor of the metronome, who than three weeks suggested a concert the two might caused a suicide attempt, so his organize in honour of the soldiers wounded at the recent Battle of Hanau. brother Modeste arranged for him to
Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is one of the most popular in the literature. Its directness of expression, striking melodies, formidable virtuosity and airtight narrative never fail to win audiences over as it speaks from heart to heart. One scarcely believes its origin could have been so troubled.
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Opening Night: Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell, violinist With a career spanning over 30 years as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, and conductor, Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists of his era. Named Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in 2011, Bell is the first person to hold this post since Sir Neville Marriner formed the orchestra in 1958. A Sony Classical artist, Bell has recorded more than 40 CDs garnering Grammy, Mercury, Gramophone and Echo Klassik awards since first recording for Decca at 18. His discography includes the major violin repertoire in addition to John Corigliano’s Oscar-winning soundtrack, The Red Violin. Bell’s first all-Brahms recording will be released September 16th featuring the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk.
Bell received his first violin at age four and at 12 began studying with Josef Gingold at Indiana University. By 14 he performed with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra and at 17 debuted at Carnegie Hall. Perhaps what most transformed him from ‘musician’s musician’ to ‘household name’ was his incognito performance in a Washington, D.C. subway station in 2007 for a Washington Post story examining art and context. Weingarten received the Pulitzer Prize and the cover story sparked an international firestorm of discussion which continues to this day. An advocate for classical music and keeping music education in schools, Bell performs on the 1713 Huberman Stradivarius.
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Momoko Matsumura, violin; Yufei Liu, violin; Coca Bochonka, viola; Jim Ewen, bassoon
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The Spy Who Loved Me With Sheena Easton and Scott Coulter
Sheena Easton, vocalist Sheena Easton, whose career has spanned four decades, was born in Bellshill, Scotland, the youngest of six children and is the mother of two children, Jake and Skylar. Her recording career has included Gold and Platinum albums in the United States, Europe and Asia. She has sold over 20 million records worldwide, received two Grammys, and was the first - and still only - artist to have top five records on five major Billboard charts. In addition to her recording success, Sheena is a top concert attraction around the world. Sheena also has a list of notable acting credits on screen, and on Broadway Sheena starred as (Aldonza/Dulcinea) in Man of La Mancha, and in the hit musical Grease as Rizzo. Sheena has been busy with frequent appearances in Las Vegas where she has been a major attraction for the last two decades, and she was recently inducted into the Las Vegas Hall Of Fame. She is most at home working with the band, but has expanded her love of the concert stage as a guest vocalist in various programs with symphonies across the nation and has made frequent appearances in The Spy Who Loved Me.
Scott Coulter, vocalist Scott Coulter, star of the Emmynominated A Christmas Carol: The Concert on PBS, is one of New York's most honoured vocalists having received five MAC Awards, five Bistro Awards and two Nightlife Awards. In addition to his solo concert work Scott regularly performs with a variety of legendary performers including Oscarwinner Stephen Schwartz and Tony-winner Ben Vereen. Schwartz has said, "one of the greatest things that can happen to a songwriter is to have his music interpreted by Scott Coulter."
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Scott has performed with symphonies all over the world including San Francisco, Baltimore, Seattle, Phoenix, St. Louis and Calgary. He has created many touring concert events including The King: The Music of Elvis,You've Got a Friend: Carole, Neil and Brill, Blockbuster Broadway, Music of the Knights and The ASCAP Foundation's Jerry Herman: The Broadway Legacy Concert. Scott is owner/founder of Spot-On Entertainment.
ADDITIONAL MUSICIAN:S Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; Nenad Zdjelar, electric bass; Keith Price, guitar; Quincy Davis, drums; Will Bonness, piano; Derrick Gardner, trumpet; Janice Finlay, alto sax; Ken Gold, tenor sax; Tony Cyre, percussion
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
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PROGRAM NOTES by James Manishen
Academic Festival Overture Johannes Brahms b. Hamburg / May 7, 1833 d.Vienna / April 3, 1897 Composed: 1880 First performance: January 4, 1881 (Breslau), conducted by the composer Last WSO performance: 2008; Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Symphonie Concertante Joseph Jongen b. Liège, Belgium / December 14, 1873 d. Sart, Belgium / July 12, 1953 Composed: 1926 First performance: 1928 (Brussels) with the composer as soloist First WSO performance
Joseph Jongen had a prolific career as a composer, organist and teacher in Belgium. Recognition arrived after winning the Belgian Royal The curmudgeonly Academy Competition in 1894 Brahms was never with his String Quartet, Op. 3, and three years one to accept later, the Belgian Prix de Rome enabled Jongen honours in a selfto study in Germany, Italy and France for the serving way. So when next four years, where he received advice from he was awarded an Richard Strauss,Vincent d’Indy and Gabriel honourary degree from the University Fauré. From 1925 to 1939, Jongen served as of Breslau on March 11, 1879, he director of the Brussels Conservatory.Though acknowledged Bernhard Scholz, the his published compositions number over 240 conductor of the local orchestra and works, he withdrew all but 137 of them by the nominator of Brahms for the degree, end of his life. with a skimpy postcard of thanks. Scholz snapped back that such an Jongen’s Symphonie Concertante for Organ award should be accepted more and Orchestra is his best-known work of substantially, perhaps in Brahms’s international standing and a hallmark in the case with “at least a solemn song.” organ literature as one of its most exciting Brahms relented, promising Scholz an appropriate piece the composer entries. would bring to Breslau the following year that the academicians could enjoy over “doctoral beer!” The result was the Academic Festival Overture, a decidedly upbeat potpourri of student songs the exact opposite in character of Brahms’s Tragic Overture he was composing at the same time, for which he stated was being done for “emotional balance.”Scholz could hardly believe a medley of drinking songs was to be presented to the stuffy academics of Breslau. Brahms first encountered the songs during a visit with violinist Joseph Joachim in 1853.The four melodies were well known to students, the Academic Festival’s coda Gaudeamus Igitur being the most famous. As always with Brahms, the construction is meticulous, here with an entertainment level that’s no less potent.
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The Paris that Saint-Saëns grew up in was more concerned with entertainment than lofty artistic strivings - the stage works of Meyerbeer, Offenbach and others at the Opéra Comique winning out over Berlioz, dismissed as a bombastic eccentric best left to the Germans to perform. Saint-Saëns, like Berlioz, set out to raise the bar. His love of Beethoven, Liszt and Mozart had prompted him to reach for a higher art in Gallic music and his facility in producing it had become legendary.“A French Beethoven,” Charles Gounod called him at the Paris premiere of the Organ Symphony. Saint-Saëns dedicated the piece to Franz Liszt, who died shortly after the premiere.The score was published after Liszt's death with the inscription,“Á la Memoire de Franz Liszt.”
Saint-Saëns gave the Organ Symphony, his last of three symphonies, much careful consideration while building it, The first movement is in sonata form, unusual for someone that beginning with a firm theme in fugal imitation composed with such speed and followed by a contrasting lyrical theme.The ease. It is the most entertaining development culminates with blazing brass work of its genre, and one can leading to a recapitulation that closes with almost feel the composer trying luminous quiet. to push the listener upwards from The second movement Divertimento alternates a the experience of pure listening scherzo-like, almost diabolical motive with one pleasure to a higher expressive more hymnal.The third movement Lento has an plane. impressionistic tang, suggesting perhaps the sea The two parts comprise four in the smoothly flowing strings and animated movements and Saint-Saëns figures from the organ in the centre of the blocks the two parts clearly by movement.The Toccata is a whirling showpiece using the organ in the second half for organ and orchestra, while the Finale raises of each part: darkly sumptuous in the roof in splendor from all involved. Part 1, celebratory in Part 2. As so
Organ Symphony Camille Saint-Saëns b. Paris, France / October 9, 1835 d. Algiers / December 16, 1921 Composed: 1886 First performance: May 19, 1886 (London), conducted by the composer Last WSO performance: 2010, Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
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often in Liszt and Berlioz, SaintSaëns unites the entire work in transformations of the main theme, heard at the beginning by the strings. Throughout, one finds his hallmark traits of vision, grandeur and lucidity in this splendid, much-loved work.
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Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni excels in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music. Currently Music Director of the Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts and Artistic Director of Orchestre de chambre I Musici de Montréal, Zeitouni recently completed tenures as Music Director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, in Ohio, and Principal Guest Conductor of Les Violons du Roy. Zeitouni has also held various other positions with leading Canadian organizations, including Music Director of the Banff Centre “Opera as Theatre” program, Associate Conductor and Chorus Master at Opéra de Montréal and Music Director of its Young Artist Program (Atelier lyrique), chorus master at Opéra de Québec, choir director of the Québec Symphony Orchestra, and director of the orchestra and opera workshop at Laval University. Zeitouni studied with Raffi Armenian and graduated from the Montréal Conservatory in conducting, percussion, and theory.
Sarah Svendsen, organ A past laureate of the Royal Canadian College of Organist’s (RCCO) National Organ Playing Competition, Sarah Svendsen is a recent Master of Music graduate of the Yale School of Music whose performances have been described as “sublime.” Toronto-based Svendsen specializes in the performance of Canadian organ works, which she has performed throughout North America and Europe. She was the organ soloist in Luminato’s 2015 production of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer’s Apocalypsis, conducted by David Fallis, and was filmed for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s YouTube Channel.
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Sarah is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Toronto. At the Yale School of Music she studied with Professor Thomas Murray. This Masters degree was in conjunction with the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, where she completed the Institute’s Church Music Diploma. Sarah is a cofounder and member of the Organized Crime Duo.
Don Menzies, organ Don was appointed Organist of Westminster Church in October 1966. He holds several organ degrees: Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto (ARCT), Licentiate Trinity College London (LTCL), and Licentiate in Music Manitoba (LMM). Don has been recitalist on the CBC-FM program Organists in Recital and has performed on a number of occasions with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. He is co-founder of the Westminster Concert Organ Series, which started in 1989 and performs frequently as part of that series.
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Laura MacDougall, flute; Caitlin BromsJacobs, oboe; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; Allen Harrington, contra bassoon; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion; Donna Laube, keyboard; Earl Stafford, keyboard
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
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The Walk to the Paradise Garden (Intermezzo from the Opera A Village Romeo and Juliet)
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
L’Ascension, Four Symphonic Meditations Olivier Messiaen 1908-1992) Majesty of Christ Asking Glory from His Father Serene Hallelujahs of a Soul Desiring Heaven Hallelujah on the Trumpet, Hallelujah on the Cymbal Christ’s Prayer Rising to His Father - INTERMISSION -
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Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
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Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
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SPECIAL CONDENSED MATINEE Delius: The Walk to Paradise Garden Debussy: La mer
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The Walk to the Paradise Garden Frederick Delius b. Bradford, England / January 29, 1862 d. Grez-sur-Loing, France / June 10, 1934 Composed: 1910 First performance: February 22, 1910 (London), conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham Last WSO performance: 1998; Bramwell Tovey, conductor
L’Ascension
Concertino da Camera
Olivier Messiaen b. Avignon, France / December 10, 1908 d. Paris / April 28, 1992 Composed: 1932-33 First performance: February 1935 (Paris) conducted by Robert Siohan First WSO performance
Jacques Ibert b. Paris / August 15, 1890 d. Paris / February 5, 1962 Composed: 1935-36 First performance: April 1936 (Barcelona), with Sigurd Rascher as soloist Last WSO performance: 1999; Bramwell Tovey, conductor, with P.J. Perry as soloist
Olivier Messiaen occupies a place among France’s greatest composers. His individuality and compositional Frederick Delius was born legacy rivals Debussy and Ravel and in England to a German his teaching produced such father. In 1886, during an luminaries as Boulez, Stockhausen 18-month period of study and Xenakis plus many others at the Leipzig influenced by his classes at leading Conservatory, he greatly impressed Edvard festivals and institutes throughout Grieg and during Delius’s time in 1890s the world. Paris, his Nordic sympathies connected him to a group of Scandinavian artists that To Messiaen, life, work and religion included the painter Edvard Munch and were indivisible, about which he the playwright August Strindberg. wanted his music to express “the There, Delius met Jelka Rosen, a well-to-do existence of the truths of the Catholic painter he later married. In 1897, the couple faith.”Despite the enormous detail and complexity in his music, moved to the village of Grez-sur-Loing south of Paris. At Grez, within a deliberately Messiaen’s goal was always intended for direct statement to the listener so reclusive lifestyle, Delius developed his that, as he wrote, one “succumbs in highly individual music who’s shifting chromatic harmonies, gentle rhythms and spite of himself to the strange charm of impossibilities which will lead him luminous orchestrations confirmed a gently toward that theological uniquely impressionistic creator. rainbow which is the ultimate goal of music.” Delius’s opera A Village Romeo and Juliet came from a story by the little-known Swiss novelist Gottfried Keller that Delius It is almost counterintuitive to view and his wife revised into a German libretto. Messiaen’s vast resources in light of Sir Thomas Beecham – a great Delius the simplicity of his aim, for one finds champion – introduced the opera to rhythmic systems of ancient Greek England on February 22, 1910. Beecham and Indian music, Gregorian chant, had asked Delius for an intermezzo to birdsongs, Nature, serial tone rows cover a scene change in Act III, and The and influences of Stravinsky, Russian Walk to the Paradise Garden was the result. music, plus much else distilled into It has become Delius’s most popular an expressive path of crystal clarity. orchestral work. L’Ascension is one of Messiaen’s The story parallels Shakespeare’s tragedy, earliest orchestral scores. Inspired by with two young lovers from vengeful texts from the liturgy for the Feast of families. At a village fair, the lovers are the Ascension, marking Christ’s taunted with suspicion by their ascent from earth to heaven, each neighbours, so they flee to an old riverside movement has attached to it a inn known as the “Paradise Garden”where sacred quotation, producing an they make a pact to die as freedom from alternately blazing and radiant their earthly lives.The dream-like traversal. intermezzo accompanies their walk.
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Originally wanting to be an actor, Jacques Ibert’s musical aptitudes won out when he entered the Paris Conservatoire to study with Fauré in an esteemed class that included Arthur Honegger and Darius Milhaud. In 1919, Ibert won the prestigious Prix de Rome (which dated back to Berlioz’s time) and during his residency in Rome, he produced the Ballade of Reading Gaol, a work based on the poem by Oscar Wilde. Ibert received his first recognition, later garnering fame for his witty orchestral piece Divertissement and evocative tone poem Escales (“Ports of Call”). In 1935, German saxophone virtuoso Sigurd Rascher was actively promoting his instrument’s capability as a solo medium in the concert hall. As well in France, the saxophone was being revisited – it had been invented in Paris by Adolphe Sax a hundred years prior – through the growing popularity of jazz. Rascher approached Ibert for a concerto and the composer willingly accepted the commission. The Concertino da Camera (‘camera’ meaning ‘chamber’) was named after an early Baroque format that included light dance rhythms and a friendly secular nature, distinguished from its opposite “concerto da Chiesa”which was more serious.These two models were integral in the development of the 20th century neo-classical style. Ibert’s outing explores the range of the saxophone with characteristic wit and sentiment, along with plenty of acrobatics for an agile soloist.
La mer Claude Debussy b. St Germain-en-Laye, France / August 22, 1862 d. Paris / March 25, 1918 Composed: 1903-1905 First performance: October 15, 1905 (Paris) conducted by Camille Chevillard Last WSO performance: 2008; Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Debussy was also much engaged with visual renderings of the sea, the work of J.W.Turner in particular plus the Japanese colour drawing The Wave by Katsushika Hokusai, whose works were popular in Paris during the 1890s.
Working painstakingly, La mer took two years for Debussy to complete. When the musicians of the Concerts Lamoureux received the parts, they “I don’t deal in were found to be full of mistakes in impressions, I deal in addition to the performing realities,”Debussy difficulties the players complained once proclaimed, about.The premiere on October 15, never feeling much 1905, was understandably lackluster sympathy for the and the mild reception from the convenient term ascribed for much Parisian musical community was of his music. Debussy felt that music further burdened by gossip and nature were inextricably joined. surrounding Debussy’s abandoning In what would be the last of his of his first wife the previous year. La large-scale symphonic works, La mer, mer received much more success his love for the sea and his life-long when it was played by the superior fascination with moving water Concerts Colonne on January 19, produced a matchless musical 1908, going on to a London equivalent. performance and gathering acclaim
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that has never looked back since. The opening movement grows out of a short-long rising motive heard at the outset. Following suggestions of the sunrise, pairs of flutes and clarinets suggest the glistening sunlight on the water. A richly lyrical melody in “divisi” cellos changes the mood.The movement begins its conclusion with the English horn, leading to a luminous brass chorale at the end. The Jeux de vagues is a subtle and enigmatic scherzo, evocative for the way Debussy reveals multiple facets of the same material.The finale, Dialogue du vent et de la mer reveals the awesome power of the sea, citing motives from the previous movements while urging the music forward to its magisterial climax.
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Impressions of Paradise
Allen Harrington, saxophone Allen Harrington is an Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba Desautels Faculty of Music where he teaches saxophone, bassoon, and chamber music. A native of Saskatoon, he holds degrees from the University of Saskatchewan (Bachelor of Music) and Northwestern University (Master of Music). He maintains a busy schedule outside his University teaching career as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician, and adjudicator. Allen has appeared as a concerto soloist with more than a dozen orchestras in Canada, Europe, and South America. He has given countless recitals across Canada, including recital tours for Debut Atlantic, Prairie Debut, and Home Routes Classical.
Along with pianist Laura Loewen, he has received rave reviews for their two CDs recently released on the Ravello Records label: Metropolis and The Postcard Sessions. His third CD featuring works for saxophone and pipe organ will be released in early 2017. On bassoon, Allen plays as a regular extra with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and second bassoon with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra.
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Yu Fei, violin; Josh Peters, violin; Momoko Matsumura, viola; Desiree Abbey, cello; Laurel Ridd, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Graham Lorde, clarinet; Gabriele Dostie-Poirier, bassoon; Richard Scholz, trumpet; James Langridge, trumpet; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion; Janice Lindskoog, harp September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 23
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Simon Miron, actor, writer, director Thor Aitkenhead, multimedia artist
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Symphonie fantastique
Nereo Eugenio II, visual artist, spoken word artist
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14a “Reveries and Passions’’: Largo - Allegro agitato e appassionato assai “A Ball (Valse)’’: Allegro non troppo “Scene in the Country’’: Adagio “March to the Scaffold’’: Allegretto non troppo “Dream of a Witches’Sabbath’’: Larghetto – Allegro
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
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Symphonie fantastique Hector Berlioz b. Isère, France / December 11, 1803 d. Paris / March 8, 1869 Composed: 1830 First performance: December 5, 1830 (Paris), conducted by François Habeneck Last WSO performance: 2013; Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Arch Romantic that he was, Berlioz was so taken with English actress Harriet Smithson when he saw her as Juliet and Ophelia in 1827, he wrote her frantic letters of love over the next three years despite never meeting her.The romance was entirely one-sided she, fearing a potential ‘stalker’in Berlioz and he, wandering the countryside in despair of such unrequited love. With Romantic nerve endings on fire, in 1830, Berlioz planned a new symphony with the subtitle “Episode from the Life of an Artist.”In it, the artist views his love through an opium-enhanced state, first in his dreams, then a ball, the countryside, at his execution and finally joining a witches’Sabbath. Running through it all would be an idée fixe – a singular musical theme signifying Harriet that would morph from the innocent to the grotesque in parody at the end. Berlioz did marry Harriet in 1833, but their happiness quickly dissolved and they were estranged within a decade. Symphonie fantastique is a tour de force in its vivid program content, bend-without-break melodies, dazzling orchestration and overall trailblazing from materials essentially derived from classical models. Its
popularity among the most beloved symphonies in the literature remains undiminished. Berlioz supplied the following program as a guide to Symphonie fantastique: Reveries-Passions: I take as my subject an artist blest with sensibility and a lively imagination...who meets a woman who awakens in him for the first time his heart's desire.He falls desperately in love with her. Curiously,the image of his beloved is linked inseparably with a musical idea representing her graceful and noble character.This idée fixe haunts him throughout the symphony.
beloved,is condemned to death, and is being taken for execution. The idée fixe floats into his mind, only to be terminated by the fall of the blade. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath: The artist at a Witches' Sabbath hears again the idée fixe,but now transformed into a brazen and trivial dance.She has come to witness his burial! Later comes a monstrous parody of the Dies Irae ('Day of Wrath',from the Latin Mass for the Dead).The dance of the witches is combined with the Dies Irae.
A Ball: The artist attends a ball, but the gaiety and festive tumult fails to distract him.The idée fixe returns to torture him further. Scene in the Country: Alone in the country on a summer's evening,the artist hears two distant herdsmen calling to each other in a ‘franz des vaches’(an alphorn melody of the Swiss Alps).Their pastoral duet,the rustle of wind in the trees,and the hope that his beloved might yet be his,all lull him into a reverie, but the idée fixe returns in his dreams.His heart palpitates and he experiences dread premonitions.The sun sets,there is thunder in the distance,then solitude and silence. March to the Scaffold: In despair,the artist attempts to commit suicide by taking an overdose of opium,but the drug, too weak to prove fatal,instead induces fearsome dreams.He dreams that he has killed his
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Symphonie fantastique
Simon Miron, actor, writer, director Simon Miron holds a Master’s Degree in performance from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He has worked as an actor and director across Canada and the U.K. He is currently serving as Artistic Director for White Rabbit Productions. Directing credits: American Idiot “upcoming” (WST), Songs for a New World (White Rabbit), Young Frankenstein (WST), 7 Stories (TBTR), The Last Five Years (WPG Fringe), Voices in My Head (WPG Fringe). Selected stage: Grasshopper in James and the Giant Peach (MTYP), Hamilton in Butcher (Cercle Molière), Mr. Thénardier in Les Misérables (Rainbow), Aumerle in Richard the 2nd (Zone41), Charles in Blythe Spirit (RMTC’s Cowardfest), Leo Bloom in The Producers, Scuttle in The Little Mermaid (Rainbow) and George in Sunday in the Park with George (RMTC’s Sondheimfest). He teaches acting, singing and audition prep from his home in Wolesley. Simon also writes music and performs with several bands including Those Guys and Bro Nouveau.
Thor Aitkenhead, multimedia artist Trained initially as a painter, Thor Aitkenhead also works with photography, new media and video art, documentary filmmaking, sculpture, collage, installation, graphic design, music and sound. He's done some work with set design for video, film and theatre. His work has been displayed from Toronto to Tokyo and beyond. Currently, he is working with Viewing Method Group, a Winnipegbased experimental video art collective he co-founded 2014, making music and sound with ‘arranged freeform’ group field and he's completing three commissioned portraits.
Nereo Eugenio II, visual artist, spoken word artist Nereo II Is a Multidisciplinary Artist (Visual Artist/ Spoken Word Artist/ Filmmaker/ and Youth Mentor). He is a part time arts instructor for Graffiti Art Programming, and an honoured member of the Blueprint Pathways National organization, which specializes in Art Based Healing programs for incarcerated youth. Nereo is also part of the Manitoba Art Councils "Artist in the Schools" program which focuses on the integration of art into the regular school system. As a freelance Multidisciplinary artist, he also serves the public as a motivational speaker, live performance poet, live painter, mural artist, youth mentor, and filmmaker. His mission is to utilize Art as a creative way to promote a deeper study of oneself in order to fuel more vehicles of positive social change for the world at large.
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Yu Fei, violin; Josh Peters, violin; Momoko Matsumura, viola; Desiree Abbey, cello; Mary Chalk, bassoon; Allen Harrington, bassoon; Richard Scholz, trumpet; Andrew Johnson, timpani; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion; Brendan Thompson, percussion; Janice Lindskoog, harp
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Pascal Rogé in Recital Suite bergamasque Prélude Menuet Clair de lune Passepied
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Sonatine Modéré Mouvement de Menuet Animé
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Les Soirées de Nazelles Préambule Variation 1: Le comble de la distinction Variation 2: Le coer sur la main Variation 3: La désinvoltue et la discretion Variation 4: La suite dans les idées Variation 5: La charme enjôleur Variation 6: Le contentement de soi Variation 7: Le gout du Malheur Variation 8: L’alerte vieillesse Cadence Final
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
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Préludes: Book I Claude Debussy Danseuses de Delphes (Dancers of Delphi) Voiles (Veils/Sails) Le vent dans la plaine (The Wind in the Plain) Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir ("The sounds and fragrances swirl through the evening air") Les collines d’Anacapri (The Hills of Anacapri) Des pas sur la neige (Footsteps in the Snow) Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest (What the West Wind Has Seen) La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) La sérénade interrompue (Interrupted Serenade) La cathédrale engloutie (The Submerged Cathedral) La danse de Puck (Puck’s Dance) Minstrels
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Suite bergamasque Claude Debussy b. St Germain-en-Laye, France / August 22, 1862 d. Paris / March 25, 1918 Composed: 1890-1905 As the Baroque dance titles of two of the four movements indicate, the Suite bergamasque reflects the elegance of an earlier period of French music Debussy wanted to recall, entitling the work from Verlaine's poem Clair de Lune (poem) which refers to ‘bergamasques’in its opening stanza. First composed in 1890, Debussy came to reject his earlier piano style when preparing the suite for publication in 1905, adding major/minor key shifting, mock-archaisms and his own individual twists and turns to produce an engaging amalgam of recollection and evolution. Originally entitled "Promenade sentimentale," the third movement, Clair de lune, has achieved classic status for its telling impressionism.
Sonatine Maurice Ravel b. Ciboure, France / March 7, 1875 d. Paris, France / December 28, 1937 Composed: 1903-1905 Ravel’s Sonatine was inspired by a 1903 competition sponsored by a fine arts and literary magazine called Weekly Critical Review. Ravel’s close friend, critic M. D. Calvocoressi, was a contributor to the publication and encouraged Ravel to enter the competition.The requirement was a first movement of a piano sonatina no longer than seventyfive measures, and the prize offered was one hundred francs.
On June 16, 1904, the movement of the Sonatine was performed for its dedicatees Cipa and Ida Godebski (Ma Mère l'oye was dedicated to their children).Over the next two years Ravel added two more movements, thus completing the Sonatine.When the full work was given by Paule de Lestang on March 10, 1906, under the patronage of the Lyon Revue musicale, enthusiasm was so great that Durand put it into immediate publication.
As with much of his writing, Poulenc made many revisions between 1930 and 1936 when the final version was finished. Noting an affinity with Schumann’s Carnival in the unity of the different characters, Poulenc had considered entitling his work Le Carnaval de Nazelles. He was most happy with the results.
written in sonata form and has an exciting development section.The second movement Mouvement de menuet is a simple minuet without trio in the diverting key of D flat, which blooms in its final measures.The finale is a toccata of brilliant piano writing using the metres of 3/4 and 5/4 as it recalls French claveciniste composers like Rameau and Couperin to whom Ravel felt so spiritually connected.
French pianist Marguerite Long had a special connection to Debussy during her acclaimed performances of his music and her personal friendship with the composer. “The content of these two books [Debussy’s 24 Preludes] is of an order not to be confused with any other,” she wrote of the composer’s infinite array of subjects covering people, places, natural phenomena, landmarks, scenes and happenings, each inimitably created by a composer that gave music whole new canvasses of sensations:
Some of the portrayed characters are: Aunt Liénard in Variation 8,Poulenc’s longtime friend,baritone Pierre Bernac Classically poised and tightly unified, in Variation 6,and the composer himself using mostly the three middle in Final. octaves of the piano with intervals of fourths and fifths the main bonding Préludes: Book I elements, Ravel’s Sonatine is a model Francis Poulenc of elegant clarity. Claude Debussy The opening Modéré-doux et espressif is Composed: 1909-1910
Les Soirées de Nazelles Francis Poulenc b. Paris / January 7, 1899 d. Paris / January 30, 1963 Composed: 1930-1936
Danseuses de Delphes: At The Louvre, Debussy had seen a fragment of a Greek pillar showing three dancers.Though archaic and slow-moving, the dancers In 1930, Poulenc began appear with a gentle grace over evocative to sketch what is perhaps harmonies. his finest piano work Les soirées de Nazelles in memory of a Voiles: Whole tone scales depict sails as family friend he called “Aunt Liénard.” “palpitating feminine forms,”as the Her name was actually Virginie Liénard composer wrote, over “sailing boats and through her Poulenc came to love anchored to a fixed pedal point.”Among the countryside of Touraine, which is the earliest examples of minimalism. also celebrated for its many castles, the Le vent dans la plaine: Violent gusts of one at Ambroise in particular where wind lead to a long suspended B-flat, as Leonardo da Vinci is said to have died. the piece disappears into thin air.
Nazelles is near Ambroise, and the variations at the heart of this work came to Poulenc as he improvised during long evenings in the country. In As one well-versed in the “classics,” the eight variations he would create Ravel knew how to modify the piano portraits of friends in the style of traditional form for his own unique affectionate salon pieces, offering up style. As the only entrant to the contest, recollections of Fauré, Saint-Saëns, he likely would have won the prize had Offenbach and others with Poulenc’s the magazine not gone bankrupt. special blend of charm and grace.
Les Sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir:“Poignant and sensuous, rich with beguiling nocturnal vibrations,”as Long wrote, echoing Debussy’s view that “it is only the pleasures of the moment that matter.” Les Collines d’Anacapri: Bells, tarantellas and dancing, with the sun bursting forward at the close.
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Des Pas sur la neige: Footsteps in the snow with total desolation in the soul. Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest: The West Wind gathers power and crashes on the coasts. An admirer of Shelley, Debussy’s inspiration may have been the poet’s “Ode to the West Wind.” La Fille aux cheveux de lin: The most famous prelude of the set, a young girl sings to herself in a field of clover. La Sérénade interrompue: A Spanish guitarist tries to sing his love song but keeps getting interrupted and scorned.
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Pascal Rogé in Recital
Pascal Rogé, piano Pascal Rogé exemplifies the finest in French pianism. Born in Paris, he was a student of the Paris Conservatory and was also mentored by Julius Katchen and the great Nadia Boulanger. Winner of Georges Enesco piano competition and 1st prize of Marguerite Long Piano competition, he became an exclusive Decca recording artist at the age of seventeen. His playing of Poulenc, Satie, Fauré, Saint-Saëns and especially Ravel, is characterized by its elegance, beauty and stylistically perfect phrasing.
La Cathédrale engloutie: A mysterious cathedral with its ancient bells is engulfed in water for impiety but rises when the sun comes up. A landmark of Impressionism, Debussy may have been inspired by Monet’s paintings of the Rouen Cathedral.
Mr. Rogé has performed in almost every major concert hall in the world and with every major orchestra across the globe and has collaborated with the most distinguished conductors in history, including Lorin Maazel, Michael Tilson Thomas, Mariss Jansons, Charles Dutoit, Kurt Masur, Edo de Waart, Alan Gilbert, David Zinman, Marek Janowski, Sir Andrew Davis, Raymond Leppard and others.
La Danse de Puck: Debussy’s nod to the miniature character in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
One of the world’s most distinguished recording artists; Pascal Rogé has won many prestigious awards, including two Gramophone Awards, a Grand Prix du Disque and an Edison Award. Recently chairman of the Geneva Piano competition, Pascal Rogé is also dedicated to teaching and gives regular masterclasses in France, Japan, United States and United Kingdom.
Minstrels:Inspired by the American cakewalk, Debussy recalls the music hall with its broad humour and affected rhythms.
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José Luis Gomez, conductor Pascal Rogé, piano
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Canadian Mennonite University Chorus, Janet Brenneman, director*
Pavane
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 Andante sostenuto Allegro scherzando Presto
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
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Daphnis et Chloé, Choreographic Symphony Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) in Three Parts* Part I Introduction et Danse religieuse Danse générale Danse grotesque de Dorcon Danse légère et gracieuse de Daphnis Danse de Lycéion Danse lente et mystérieuse des Nymphes Part II Introduction Danse guerrière Danse suppliante de Chloé Part III Lever du jour Pantomime (Les amours de Pan et Syrinx) Danse générale (Bacchanale) Projected images from Marc Chagall’s lithographs to Daphnis and Chloe*: Chloe’s Kiss,Lamon Finds Daphnis, Dryas Finds Chloe,The Beginning of Spring,The Abduction of Chloe,Spring,The Altar of Dionysus *© SODRAC and ADAGP 2016, Chagall ® English surtitles
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Pavane Gabriel Fauré b. Pamiers, Ariege / May 12, 1845 d. Paris / November 4, 1924 Composed: 1887 First performance: April 28, 1888 (Paris), conducted by Charles Lamoureux Last WSO performance: 2001; Michael Hall, conductor Gabriel Fauré was the grand maître of French music in the generation between Saint-Saëns and Ravel. A celebrated organist, teacher, critic and composer, his seminal contribution was a new style of French song, being the first to set the exquisite poetry of Paul Verlaine to music.Though a clear melodist, Fauré’s subtle dissonances, modal scales and concentrated expression prefaced and influenced both Debussy and Ravel in their explorations. The pavane was a stately court dance that originated in 16th century Padua (“Pava”in local dialect). In the late 19th century, leading musicologists began to stir interest in such old musical forms and composers began to get on board. Fauré composed his Pavane as an orchestral piece for Jules Danbé, conductor of the Opéra-Comique, but the work had to wait until April 28, 1888, to be premiered at Charles Lamoureux’s concert in Paris.A staged version of Pavane was done in 1919 as a one-act “divertissement” for Monte Carlo entitled Masques et Bergamasques. Sultry and sensuous, with a stern middle section in its three-part form, Fauré’s Pavane has long been the most popular of his orchestral works.
Piano Concerto No. 2 Camille Saint-Saëns b. Paris / October 9, 1835 d. Algiers / December 16, 1921 Composed: 1868. First performance: May 13, 1868 (Paris) conducted by Anton Rubinstein with the composer as soloist Last WSO performance: 2009; Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor, with Inon Barnatan as soloist
Saint-Saëns excelled not only in music but as a writer, mathematician, archeologist, astronomer and everything else his inexhaustible nature encountered. He was a phenomenal pianist and prodigy, often compared to Mozart in the vast repertoire he commanded at a very young age. Saint-Saëns’second and most popular piano concerto was described by pianist Sigismund Stojowski as “beginning with Bach and ending with Offenbach.”The work’s exuberance is matched with the fluency under which it was composed, in just 17 days for a concert at the Salle Pleyel requested by the great pianist Anton Rubinstein who wanted to conduct a Parisian orchestra for the first time. The opening movement recalls a Bach fantasia.The second movement is a brilliant scherzo in the style of Mendelssohn.The finale tests all with a rollicking tarantella to bring this delightful work to a rousing close.
Daphnis et Chloé Maurice Ravel b. Ciboure, France / March 7, 1875 d. Paris, France / December 28, 1937 Composed: 1909-1912 First performance: June 8, 1912 (Paris), conducted by Pierre Monteux Last WSO performance: 1996; Bramwell Tovey, conductor
Early in 1910, Diaghilev went to Ravel with the idea of a ballet with a scenario by Folkine based on a pastoral romance based on the writings of the third-century Greek philosopher Longus. Ravel took the commission for Daphnis et Chloé with the aim of writing what he called a choreographic symphony, which he later described as his only ‘symphony’ and personal favourite among his orchestral works. The story had enjoyed a certain vogue in France under Louis XIV, so Ravel’s intent was not to be overly archaic to his visionary Greece but rather to view a Greece as imagined by French painters of the late 18th century. This he felt would permit him to more easily cast the large work in symphonic narrative using small themes with concise development. Ravel’s mastery of orchestration and colour allied to the music’s careful construction produce a concentrated soundworld of precise story and happening.The “Greece of my dreams,”he wrote.
Such a refined musical view of the story proved to be at odds with the more primitive vision of the production staff whose stage designs caused friction and delays in getting the production off the ground. Ravel was also set in his The brilliant impresario ways regarding the music, which Sergei Diaghilev turned upset choreographer Michel Fokine, whose dancers the Parisian ballet scene into the forefront complained about the complex metres. Not surprisingly, the ballet of musical and dance got a mixed reception at the innovation with his Ballet Russes in 1909. Scouring the top premiere on June 8, 1912, though talent of choreographers, composers, Ravel’s score was met with enthusiasm, clearly designers and dancers within the overshadowing the staging and artistic riches of the French capital décor.The ballet is rarely seen Picasso, Falla, Massine, Nijinsky, today but the score and the two Stravinsky, Debussy, Matisse and suites Ravel constructed from it similar luminaries – Diaghilev left no are very popular and regularly stone unturned in his quest to make performed by orchestras up to his ballet company’s productions a the vast demands. Of note, the sensation, both in Paris and through international tours.
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conductor of the premiere, Pierre Monteux, appeared with the WSO in 1960.
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
José Luis Gomez, conductor
Part One: The ballet opens to show a meadow with a grotto containing an altar graced by statues of three Nymphs. Abandoned by shepherds on the island of Lesbos, Daphnis and Chloé fall in love, the sounds of Daphnis’s pan-pipes irresistible to the young girl. Daphnis outdances his rival Dorcon to earn Chloé’s first kiss, keeping his virtue intact despite the erotic advances of Lycéion. Meanwhile, Chloé is abducted by pirates. Daphnis rushes to the grotto of the Nymphs, cursing the gods for not protecting his love. A light appears and the Nymphs come to life. In a slow dance, they vow to approach the god Pan for help. His form emerges as night falls.
The Venezuelan-born, Spanish conductor José Luis Gomez was catapulted to international attention when he won First Prize at the International Sir Georg Solti Conductor’s Competition in Frankfurt in September 2010, securing a sensational and rare unanimous decision from the jury. Since then, Mo. Gomez has moved from strength to strength, establishing himself as an exhilarating and engaging performer with an ear for subtlety and a sense of drama, conducting some of the world’s leading orchestras and opera companies.
Part Two: The pirates’ camp.They perform a barbaric war-dance, falling exhausted at the end. Chloé is ordered to dance and while doing so begs for her release.The sky grows dark. Pan and his warriors rescue Chloé as the frightened pirates flee.
Canadian Mennonite University Chorus, Janet Brenneman, director
Part Three: At dawn, Daphnis awakens and mourns for the lost Chloé. Shepherds appear with her. One of them tells Daphnis that Pan has saved Chloé in remembrance of his love for the Nymph Syrinx. In gratitude, Daphnis and Chloé dance the tale of Pan and Syrinx, in which Syrinx is turned into a reed by her sisters to hide her from Pan’s lustful advances. From the reed Pan makes a flute – the pipes of Pan – which he plays to dispel his longing. As the dance becomes more animated, Chloé abandons her role and falls into Daphnis’s arms. A grand bacchanale closes in celebration.
Gomez started his musical career as a violinist, and by the age of 11 he was Concertmaster of the Youth Orchestra of Zulia State - part of El Sistema de Orquestas Juveniles de Venezuela. He graduated in music and violin from the Manhattan School of Music in New York before embarking on a European orchestral career. Deciding to follow his dream to have more creative input and influence on musical direction he took conducting lessons from Lu Jia, Muhai Tang and John Nelson. The 2016-2017 season sees José become Music Director Designate of Tucson Symphony Orchestra.
The Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) Chorus combine’s two of CMU’s premiere ensembles, the CMU Women’s Chorus (Janet Brenneman, conductor) and the CMU Men’s Chorus (Rudy Schellenberg, conductor).These auditioned choirs are comprised of students from a variety of academic programs at CMU and perform regularly in worship and in concert across Manitoba. Known for their innovative programming, energy, and enthusiasm, these choirs perform demanding repertoire that represents their commitment to exploring a global context in close relation to the music of their Christian heritage and faith.Together, the CMU Women and Men’s choirs host the annual CMU Choral Connections and can be heard regularly on Golden West Broadcasting throughout southern Manitoba. Past performances with the WSO include the world premiere of T. Patrick Carrabre’s Creation Stories, Alfred Schnittke’s Faust Cantata Seid Nuchtern und Wachet, Christos Hatzis’ Sepulcher of Life, Glen Buhr’s Symphony No. 3, John Tavener’s Requiem, Krzysztof Penderecki’s Seven Gates of Jerusalem, and Giya Kancheli’s Styx.
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Yu Fei, violin; Josh Peters, violin; Momoko Matsumura, viola; Laura MacDougall, flute; Laurel Ridd, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Graham Lorde, clarinet; Mary Chalk, bassoon; Allen Harrington, contra bassoon; Richard Scholz, trumpet; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion; Brendan Thompson, percussion; Andrew Johnson, percussion; Derek Klassen, percussion; Andrew Nazar, percussion; Caroline Bucher, percussion; Janice Lindskoog, harp; Donna Laube, keyboard
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The Legacy Circle exists to recognize the following patrons whose foresight ensures that the WSO plays on for all Manitobans for generations to come. The WSO gratefully acknowledges Legacy Circle members for their planned future gift to the WSO.
Siana Attwell, PhD Greg Doyle and Carol Bellringer Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Riser Kevin & Els Kavanagh A. Akman & Son Ltd. Michel D. Lagacé European Art Glass Ltd. Gail E. Loewen InterGroup Consultants Ltd. S. E. Loewen Mid West Packaging Limited W. H. Loewen Patill/St. James Insurance Dr. Brendan MacDougall Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell The WSO gratefully acknowledges Lesia Peet the following foundations: Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund - the Trudy Schroeder Winnipeg Foundation Muriel Smith The Noreen & Robert Allen Edith A. Toews & Dr. Helen A. Charitable Trust Toews Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund Robin Wiens and Emilie LagacéBrandon Area Community Wiens Foundation The Winnipeg Foundation - Chipman Donn K. Yuen 2 Anonymous Family Foundation Fund Sylvia & Robin Cowan Foundation
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MAJOR GIFTS The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following patrons for their generous support to the orchestra. Art & Leona Defehr Frank & Jeanne Plett
The Maestro’s Circle recognizes patrons whose significant philanthropy furthers the musical artistry of the WSO. Honourary Chair Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director Platinum Baton Bill & Shirley Loewen* Gold Baton Timothy & Barbara Burt Dr. Marcel A. Desautels Arlene Wilson & Allan MacDonald Dr. Brendan MacDougall Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall Silver Baton James Cohen & Linda McGarvaCohen Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Kevin & Els Kavanagh* Dr. Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace Dueck Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley Ron & Sandi Mielitz Frank & Jeanne Plett Barb & Gerry Price Hartley & Heather Richardson Dr. Lea Stogdale Concertmaster's Bow Gail Asper & Michael Paterson Marjorie Blankstein C.M., O.M. Herb & Erna Buller Ernest & Anastasia Cholakis John & Gay Docherty Marten & Joanne Duhoux Bill & Margaret Fast Bert & Lee Friesen Foundation James Gibbs Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard Peter Jessiman Christine Skene & Nick Logan Elaine & Neil Margolis Brent Mazur Ken and Judy Murray Wayne & Linda Paquin Diane Payment and Roxroy West Lawrie & Fran Pollard Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope* Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Curt & Cathy Vossen Professor A.M.C. Waterman
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Friends of the WSO support the WSO each season. Honourary Chair Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster Symphony Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood Len & Mary Bateman David & Gillian Bird Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Pierce & Amy Cairns John Corp and Mary Elizabeth McKenzie Margaret Cuddy Carrie Ferguson Robert & Linda Gold Marianne Johnson Lawrence Jones Katarina Kupca Millie & Wally Kroeker W.K. Labies Jack & Zina Lazarek Family Foundation James & Pat Ludwig Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Terri & Jim McKerchar Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeod Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Terence and Violeta Moore Jim & Pat Richtik Dr. Willem van Oers & Mrs. Margaretha van Oers Raymond & Shirley Wiest 2 Anonymous Concerto Judy & Jay Anderson Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory Cheryl & Earl Barish Zita & Mark Bernstein Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. C.R. Betts Dr. & Mrs. Brian and Cathie Bowerman Mr. Jim Bracken Sheila & David Brodovsky Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster Gail Carruthers Nancy Cipryk Ms. Julie Collings Dr. & Mrs. David Connor Irene & Robert Corne Ms. Linda Daniels Esther and Hy Dashevsky Mr. Marcel A. Desautels Mark & Stephanie Dufresne Mrs. Elfrieda H. Dupuis Beverley & Fred Dyck Helene Dyck Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton David and Kathleen Estey Mr. Wayne Forbes Arnold & Christa Froese Penny Gilbert Dr. & Mrs. W. L. Gordon
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The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following patrons whose foresight helps to ensure long-term financial support for the WSO. Thank you! Edwin & Susan Bethune Lorrraine and Gerry Cairns Stephen Choy & Gina Yoo Dorothy Comer and Her Daughters in Memory of Fern Royds Ray G. Davis Helene Dyck Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Marilynne Keil, in Memory of David H. Skinner Grant & Janet Saunders Jim & Jan Tennant James & Claudia Weselake Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, in Memory of Vera Gorlick Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, in Memory of Norma Bingeman Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, in Memory of Maria Michalak 2 Anonymous
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Festival donors help to further the musical artistry of the WSO’s New Music Festival. Thank you! Alpha Masonry Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Alison Baldwin Jackie Brignall Kevin Burns Timothy & Barbara Burt David Carr Jill Carr & Alex Snukal Ms. Anne Cholakis Lara Ciekiewicz Dr. & Mrs. David Connor Mr. Peter Czaplinski Ravi Dookeran Mrs. Ann England Herbert Enns Robert Enright Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Wendy Gale Tyler Gompf Stepan Gordienko Dr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester Komlodi Dr. Don & Jerri Hall Ms. Helen Hawrysh Dr. Wolfgang Heidenreich in Support of Composer Henryk Gorecki for the 2016-17 WNMF Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Hildebrand Kim Jeremic Koren & Leonard Kaminski Ms. Jose Koes Konstantinos Kotoulas & Family Dr. Thomas G Kucera Ron Lambert Hideo Mabuchi Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall Mr. & Mrs. Cam & Joy MacLean Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Lori Marks Mr. Frank Martin Brent Mazur The A. K. Menkis Medical Corporation Ron & Sandi Mielitz Ms. Sheila Miller Mrs. Brenda Morlock Margaret Moroz Matthew Narvey Michael Narvey Michael Nesbitt Mikaela Oldenkamp Mr. Chris Pearce Lesia Peet Kathleen Polischuk & Richard Derksen Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Mrs. Victoria Ramnawaj Bill Reid Majid & Moti Shojania Muriel Smith
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Share the Music is a unique outreach initiative of the WSO that allows economically disadvantaged children and their families to attend WSO performances. Thank you for helping to Share the Music! Katherine Devine & George Andrich Pat & Harvey Anton Ms. Margaret Barbour Ralph & Eileen Baxter Bernice Blakeman Mrs. Lucienne Blouw, in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Ms. Patricia Bozyk Sheila & David Brodovsky Ms. Carol Budnick Ms. Linda Campbell Eileen & Ted Shelley Chochinov Ray Cloutier, in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Joan C. Cohen M. & G. Crielaard In Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard, Marlene Crielaard Dr. & Mrs. Harold Diamond Monica Dinney, in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Doreen Docking Ms. Enid Durward Ken Dyck Shaun Dyck in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Mr. & Ms. John Edwards Don & Martha Epstein Kathy Feader Mr. & Mrs. Gary & Janice Filmon Dr. Leeann Fishback Dorothy Flight Mrs. Louise Friesen Mrs. Joyce Fyke Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert George & Carol Gamby Francois Gauvin The Staff of GD5 in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Mr. Richard Gillanders Dr. Don & Jerri Hall, In memory of Lois Anderson B. & R. Hall Teresa A. Hay
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Dr.Teresa Sztaba Mr. & Mrs. Robert Tapscott James & Marlene Taylor Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Etta Telford in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Jim & Jan Tennant Anne Thiessen, in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Mrs. Bonnie E Thiessen, in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Ms. Mia Timmermans Ms. Melita Tonogai Fran & Estela Violago E. Sylvia Warrington Professor A.M.C.Waterman Betty Wayborn in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Carmel Wayborn in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Bruno Zimmer 19 Anonymous
Sistema Winnipeg is a free daily after-school program that enriches the lives of children and young people with the fewest resources and the greatest need. The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following patrons whose support makes a difference in the everyday lives of these children. Thank you!
Honourary Chair Daniel Scholz, Principal Viola Maestoso Burns Foundation RBC Foundation Richardson Foundation Vivace Cavalia Inc. Con Brio Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Michael S Gray Fund The Winnipeg Foundation - George and Tannis Richardson Fund Rotary Club of Winnipeg North Don & Lorraine Swanson Allegro Alpha Masonry Mr. Ron Bell Timothy & Barbara Burt Ms. Brenlee Carrington Trepel The D’Addario Foundation The Winnipeg Foundation - Chief Justice Richard J. Scott and Mary Scott Fund Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert in Memory of Benjamin John West Flynn Mr. Elmer Hildebrand
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Ms. Barbara Graham Bobbi-Lynn Haegeman Alison Hall Stephen & Barbara Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Ms. Rhue Hayden Ms. Donna Herold Robin Hildebrand Arlene Hintsa in Memory of Marilyn Karen Hiscott Patricia Holbrow Cathy Horbas Mr. & Mrs. Kelvin & Jeanette Jackson Margaret Jeffries Peter Jessiman Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones in Conmoto Memory of Ben Flynn ADESA Winnipeg Joseph and Judith Malko Family Fund Kathleen & Ken Alder At the Strategic James & Faye Alward, in Honour Charitable Giving Foundation of Margot J. Alward Ms. Jayne Laverne Kapac Ms. Hollie I. Andrew, in Memory Marilynne Keil of Ben Flynn Dr.Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace Dueck Betty & Ted Ash Peter Krahn Ms. Angelica Banmann Bryon Devries & Diane Lau Brenda Batzel Zandra Lea in Honour of Paul and Ralph & Eileen Baxter Pamela Connolly Jennifer Beirnes Melanie & Craig Leonhardt Aaron Benarroch Helen Litz Byrnes Benoit Ms. Lorraine MacIboric Ms. Diane Bewell Mrs. Anita Malbranck Ameet Bharaj Manitoba Association of School Cathy Bilyk Superintendents Gwen Birse Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Sally Boulding Ross Meacham Tammy Brock, in Honour of Ms. Linda Meckling Noah Weiszner's 65th Birthday Linda Meckling, in Memory Paul & Doreen Bromley of Alan Blanchette Ms. Coralie Bryant Linda Lee-Meiers & Matt Meiers Ms. Lorelei Bunkowsky Ron and Sandi Mielitz Camerata Nova Ms. Marlene Milne Mrs. Audrey Campbell Trish Minish Gordon & Ann Campbell Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Ms. Darlene J. Chimilar Mr. Rick Morgan Dave Christie Ms. Francine Morin Michael Cobus & Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Denise Murphy Christine Wigglesworth Mr. Robert Nix Helen Bergen, Music Director FGUC Ms. Lucy Nykolyshyn Joan C. Cohen William & Linda Oakley, in Memory Gerald Corr of Ben Flynn Ms. Barbara Crow Peter Obendoerfer Melissa Delaronde Thomas Obendoerfer Ms. Lucy De Sousa Mr. Brian O'Leary Dr. & Mrs. Jamit And Courtney Dhaliwal Mr. David Pate Claire Dionne Leena Patel Bob Dueck and Joan Duerksen Patricia M. Patterson, in Memory of Mrs. Cynthia Dutton Max & Pearl Kuran and Mary Kuran; Caroline Elder In Honour of Beatrice Kuran, Jean Ms. Ursula Erhardt Kuran and Una Kuran Mr. Blair Ms. Catherine Flower Peppler In Memory of Ben Flynn Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Ms. Judith Flynn Dr. & Mrs. D. Punter Peter Flynn James Ray, in Memory of Henry Ray Mr. Verland Force Tannis Richardson Hilda Franz Erin Risbey ft3 Architecture Landscape Interior David Guspodarchuk & Joey-Heather Design Robertson Gisaya Gahungu Karen Romanoff Helena Jane Gahungu Joan Sabourin Evelyn & Ricardo Galima Ms. Corazon Saquilayan Gardon Construction Ltd. Mrs. Claudia Sarbit
Mr.Terry Sargeant Heather Sarna Nicola Schaefer Barbara Scheuneman Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Foundation Gaylene Schroeder-Nishimura Trudy Schroeder Kathleen Schubert Mrs. Mary Scott Ms. Mary Semanowich Olga & Myron Shatulsky Wilma Sotas Lynne Stefanchuk Pat & Wally Stefanchuk In Memory of Jean Sauder Deborah Thorlakson, in Celebration of Mrs.Tannis Richardson's Birthday Greg Tramley in Memory of Dave Hunt Neil & Carol Trembath Ms.Terry Trupp Ms. Christine Van Cauwenberghe Mr. Curt Vossen Barbara Warrack Dr. Noah Weiszner Diane Weselake Grace M. Wiebe William Wilde Karin Woods Wynward Insurance Group Libby Yager & Billy Brodovsky 8 Anonymous
George & Carol Gamby Mrs. A. Lee Gibson Mr. Patrick Hackett George Handyman Dr. Don & Jerri Hall Ian & Gerry Hamilton L. Harasym Teresa A. Hay Daniel Heindl & Eugene Boychuk L.G. Herd Terry Heron Sanford Hildebrand Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Carole Holke Stella Hryniuk Vi Hultin Mrs. Joan M. Hunter Rudy & Gail Isaak Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki Crystal & Günter Jochum Ken Kinsley Frances R. Kolt Mona Koropatnick Paul Kosowan Ms. Jacki Koven Ms. Janet Kuchma Elizabeth Lansard Don Lawrence Mr. Norman Leathers P. M. Litwin Roger Lowe Grant MacDougall Lydia MacKenzie Ms. Lorraine MacLeod Barbara Main ANNUAL CAMPAIGN Mr. Allan Mapes Aubrey Margolis The WSO gratefully Bob and Betty McCamis acknowledges the following Ms. Diane McGregor patrons whose generosity helped Sylvia Mitchell to support orchestral music in Margaret & Fred Mooibroek our community. Thank you! D.E. Morrison Ms. Lillian Murphy Ms. Sylvia L. Barr Robert Nix F. Bell Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Marjorie Blankstein Mr. Irwine Permut Helga & Gerhard Bock Ian & Ann-Margret Plummer Frances Booth Mr. & Mrs. Barry Prentice Wendy Broadfoot Barbara M. Robertson Greg & Sylvia Brodsky Olga & Bill Runnalls Dolores P. Brommell Barbara Scheuneman Ms. Carol Budnick A. Schroeder Mrs. Leona Burdeniuk Dr. Robert Schroth Gerald Callow Ken Schykulski Mrs. Audrey Campbell Mrs. Doreen Shanks Mr. & Mrs. Carl & Donna Chambers Carl and Margaret Shaykewich Karen Couch Pam Simmons Dennis & Ruth Crook Ms. Debbie Spacklin Jean Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. A.E. Stanton Ellen Curtis Mr. Herbert Stewart D. Cymbalist Mrs. Joan Swaffer Piotr Czaykowski & Anne Worley Ms. Judith Thompson Mr. & Ms. Jim & Virginia Dyck Ms. Marilyn Thompson Lisa Edel Ms. Andrea Towers Scott & Margaret Edmonds Mrs. Susan Twaddle Donna Ekerholm Audrey Walker Vera & Peter Fast Patricia Walker Mr. & Mrs. Gary & Janice Filmon Mrs. Marilyn Weimer Joan Fleming Evelyn Wener Miriam Fliegel Ms. Joan Wise Mrs. Gitta Fricke 14 Anonymous Arnold & Myra Frieman Listing as of March 4, 2016 Robert & Monica Friesen
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PRESIDENTS OF THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1948-51 1951-53 1953-55 1955-57 1957-58 1958-61 1961-62 1962-64 1964-65 1965-67 1967-69 1969-71 1971-73 1973-74 1974-76 1976-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83
Hon. Mr. Justice J. T. Beaubien Mr. J. M. Sinclair Dr. Digby Wheeler Mr. W. D. Hurst Dr. Hugh H. Saunderson Mr. E. W. H. Brown Mr. David Slater The Hon. Mr. Justice Monnin Mr. Norman J. Alexander Mr. R. W. Richards Mr. W. R. Palmer Mr. E. J. Smith Dr. M. M. Pierce Mr. H. S. Brock-Smith Mr. Allan G. Moffatt Mr. Julian D. T. Benson Mr. John L. Buckworth Mr. N. Roger McFallon Mr. John F. Fraser Mr. William W. Draper Mr. John O. Baatz
1983-84 1984-86 1986-88 1988-90 1990-92 1992-94 1994-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Feb 1999-May 1999 Jun 1999-2000 2000-Feb 03 Mar 2003-Dec 2003 Dec 2003-Jan 2005 Jan 2005- Jul 2006 Jul 2006-Nov 2006 Dec 2006- Jun 2007 2007-2012 2012-present
Mr. Andrew D. M. Ogaranko, Q.C. Mr. Harold Buchwald, Q.C. Mr. Michel Lagacé Mr. William H. Loewen Mrs. Julia DeFehr Mr. Gordon Fogg Mrs. Helen Hayles Mr. Anthony Brookes Mrs. Helen Hayles Mr. William Norrie Mr. William Loewen Mr. Bruce MacCormack Mr. Roger King Ms. Patti Sullivan Mr. Wally Fox-Decent Ms. Carol Bellringer Mr. Harvey I Pollock, QC (Interim President) Mr. Brendan MacDougall Ms. Dorothy Dobbie Mr. Timothy E. Burt, CFA
PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL Al Alexandruk Mal Anderson Carol Bellringer Marilyn Billinkoff Doneta Brotchie John and Bonnie Buhler James Carr Edmund Dawe, D.M.A. Dorothy Dobbie Greg Doyle Jamie Dolynchuk Julia De Fehr Susan Feldman Barbara Filuk Wally Fox-Decent Jack Fraser Evelyn Friesen Elba Haid
Helen Hayles Kaaren Hawkins Sherrill Hershberg Ian Kay Roger King Bill Knight Michel Lagacé Zina Lazareck Gail Leach Dr. Hermann Lee Naomi Levine Bill Loewen Jackie Lowe Dr. Brendan MacDougall Don MacKenzie Bill Marr Ed J. Martens Michael Nozick
Harvey I Pollock, QC Dr. William Pope John Rademaker Kathleen Richardson Tannis Richardson Lenny Richardson Ed Richmond Lorne Sharfe William Shead Graeme Sifton Joanne Sigurdson Muriel Smith Bonnie Staples-Lyon Brenlee Carrington Trepel Dennis Wallace
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WSO BOARD & STAFF 2016-2017 SEASON BOARD OF DIRECTORS Timothy E. Burt, CFA, President Terry Sargeant, 1st Vice President Curt Vossen, 2nd Vice President Rob Kowalchuk, CA, Treasurer Michael D. Kay, Secretary Sandra Altner Lucienne Blouw Emily Burt, MBA, CFA James Cohen Arlene Dahl Marten Duhoux Alan Freeman Daniel Friedman
Gregory Hay Micah Heilbrunn Robin Hildebrand Peter Jessiman Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Maureen Kilgour Silvester Komlodi Sotirios Kotoulas Dr. Eleanor MacDougall Sherratt Moffat Dr. Michael Nelson Richard Turner Ex-Officio Trudy Schroeder, Executive Director Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director
EXECUTIVE OFFICE Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Lyn Stienstra, VP Finance & Administration Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator Oscar Pantaleon Jr., Finance & Administration Assistant SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES Ryan Diduck, VP Sales & Audience Services Desiree La Vallee, Patron Services Coordinator Theresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative Rachel Himelblau, Patron Services Representative Aaron Lewis, Sales Specialist Patron Services Representatives (p/t): Phil Corrin Melissa Houston Kristie Enns Laura Gow Meg Dolovich Crystal Schwartz MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT Neil Middleton,VP Marketing & Sponsorship Beth Proven,VP Development Carol Cassels, Development Manager Shenna Song, Development Coordinator Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Coordinator Matt Brooks, Designer S.Thompson Designs Inc.
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WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE Sherratt Moffatt, President Winnifred Warkentin, Vice-President Sylvia Cassie, Past President Nancy Weedon, Treasurer Agnes Bailey, Secretary Florence Bell, Asssistant TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor
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ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Jean-Francois Phaneuf, VP Artistic Operations & Community Engagement James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate Evan Klassen, Production Manager Sheena Sanderson, Stage Manager Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor Brent Johnson, Education & Community Engagement Manager Amy Wolfe, Education Coordinator Lindsay Woolgar, Education Programs Coordinator (Term) Shannon Darby, Sistema Winnipeg Manager
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European Tour to the Birthplace of Classical Music October 2017 Mozart • Schubert • Beethoven • Strauss • Gluck • Mahler • Brahms • Haydn • Weber • Schonberg • Liszt • Bartok • Kodaly • Dvorˇák • Janacek • Bohuslav
PRAGUE
VIENNA
BUDAPEST
The Golden City of One Hundred Spires
The Heart and Soul of Classical Music
Modern and Ancient, Split by the Danube
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10 nights accommodation at deluxe hotels with daily breakfast Visits to Prague Castle, Black Theatre, Old Synagogue and Museum, Mozarthaus Vienna, Matthias Kirche and Halazbastya (Fisherman’s Bastion) Performances of the Prague Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, and Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestras Private transfer from airport to hotel INFORMATION SESSION September 25th Approx. 4:30 pm following WSO performance of The Spy Who Loved Me For more information and a complete itinerary please contact Natalie Hebert at 204.989.9343 I 1.800.665.2626 I Natalie@continentaltravel.ca Or visit us online at www.continentaltravel.ca